Amy Winehouse?
Y'all remember Helm's epic fucking post on Greek black metal from the 90's, right? Well, Medieval Demon would fit in rather well with the assortment of bands on said compilation, although I'm sure Helm would have something to say about the quality of their shred. Long story short: Medieval Demon is some simple, straightforward, Ancient Queen-era Emperor worship, punctuated every other track by extended atmospheric keyboard passages. Like IC favorites Mystic Circle, Medieval Demon can't seem to play two actual songs in a row, instead choosing to fuck with the cohesive flow of an otherwise solid (if overly "raw") BM album with a bunch of candle-lit psuedo-classical vampire bullshit. Which isn't necessarily a BAD thing -- I dig the corny extended Moog-isms just as much (if not quite a bit more) than the next guy -- but it's off-putting enough to qualify Demonolatria as more of a "curiosity" than a "must-have". Whatever, at least it appears that they got the Cradle of Filth guy to draw their logo (see album cover). Groovy.
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The only medieval demon I've listened to was in compo tracks before this record had come out so I don't have an opinion. The cover is funny and their picture makes me think this'll be some vampyric black metal a la Cradle of Filth but I can't listen to the record because it won't download. I tried twice, the download gets struck at 27% or so, some problem with the upload I suspect.
ReplyDeleteI know of some of the bands the people in Medieval Demon have played in though, especially their drummer got around after them as memory serves.
Am I missing out on much here, should I hunt the album down elsewhere?
I'll re-up it in an hour or so and let you decide. Worked fine for me...? First time I've had any trouble w/ Megaupload...
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ReplyDeleteI finally got it. It seems very mediocre to me, but who can tell from a couple of listens.
ReplyDeleteSaint Vitus was the very definition of epic. Numbered wristbands were being applied to over-21 guests at the front door, my number just happened to be 66666. My girl got 66665.
ReplyDeleteHelm: I agree, nothing overly spectacular here. I'm just fond of the drawn-out keyboard interludes and the heavy breathing on the spectacularly-titled "Lewdness In The Dark". Pretty "meh", but corny and weird enough to get above-average marks in the Cobras playbook...
66666? That's a lot of evil.
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